When I reboot my AIX pSeries machines that are connected to a local private network I see the following type of messages in the /var/log/secure file on a local linux box that is also attached to the same private network. The messages are like these: May 5 07:35:51 server1 portmap[22199]: connect from 192.168.0.13 to callit(mountd): request from unauthorized host May 5 07:35:55 server1 portmap[22200]: connect from 192.168.0.13 to callit(mountd): request from unauthorized host May 5 07:36:03 server1 portmap[22201]: connect from 192.168.0.13 to callit(mountd): request from unauthorized host May 5 07:36:19 server1 portmap[22202]: connect from 192.168.0.13 to callit(mountd): request from unauthorized host The linux machine is running tcpwrappers with hosts.deny set to all:all. My pseries machines do not use nfs but it appears to me that they are sending some type of broadcast packet related to this. Any pointers? Have I missed something when disabling unwanted services on the AIX systems? Thanks. Brian //*-------- INTERESTED IN THIS MESSAGE? RELATED CONTENT -------- Linux Kernel Engineer (IRC831786) (Dice Jobs - North America) http://www.ittoolbox.com/ext/10552 -------------------------------------------------------------*//